UK government aims to capture 10% of the global space market by 2030, and with a combination of private sector enterprise and advanced manufacturing (including 3D printing), a few companies have begun…

The next generation of spacecraft, looking beyond 2030, will be powered by a rocket engine using breakthrough technology. The Prometheus is a liquid oxygen (LOx)-methane engine. It is reusable, cheape…

The Vector-R satellite launch vehicle has been successfully sent towards space with an essential 3D printed engine part for the first time. The rocket is made by Arizona-based startup Vector, that was…

A team of researchers in Russia have published a paper that uses 3D printing to unlock the potential of carbon fiber composite materials. The materials are commonly used in industry to make lightweigh…

California-based commercial aerospace company Moon Express, are on track to send their Electron rocket to the Moon in 2017. The Electron is propelled by 3D printed engines made by Rocket Lab, headquar…

A team of students at the University of California San Diego beat some of the world’s biggest space agencies and launched a rocket with a 3D printed engine on May 21st. The university’s Students for t…